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to be
apparent in the Ordinance
under which the Company started.
11.
I beg to transmit herewith
a copy of Mr Whittall's Bill and Memo. the opinion of the Acting Attorney General). I have declined
to accede to Mr Whittall's request
as
there is
every
reason to believe
that the Company could not carry
on
the
work
and I am
not prepared to take
any
action
which would result in the breaking
up of the undertaking to which
so many
persons here and elsewhere
in China have subscribed and invested their
12.
Nevertheless, as there is little
doubt of Mr Whittall's intention to
bring the matter, if possible, to the notice of His Majesty's Government, I have thought it right to lay the whole of these
facts in
detail before Your Lordship to prevent such delay as would result from reference to me. Personally I regret exceedingly that
13.
the plan received the approval of
the
Executive, but I have not had it in
my
power to do more than partially remedy a mistake which had been made before I assumed charge of the Government
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient
humble servant,
Governor.